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From Camp Upton to NSLS, Five Generations At Brookhaven Lab

Monday, November 26, 2012

When Julius Makra came to New York by boat from his native country of Hungary in the years before World War I, he had no idea that his employment at the Camp Upton Army base on Long Island would set into motion what may be BNL’s longest running lineage.
BNL Honored for Developing Tracer Used to Image the Brain and Diagnose Cancer

Monday, October 15, 2012

A celebration will be held on site on Friday, October 19, when the New York Section of the American Chemical Society will designate the Chemistry Building at Brookhaven Lab as a Historical Chemical Landmark.
'The Atomic Bombs President Truman Did Not Drop'

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Michael J. Devine, director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, will give a BSA Distinguished Lecture titled “The Atomic Bombs President Truman Did Not Drop: Nuclear Weapons from Hiroshima to the Dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur” at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory on Tuesday, October 9, at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall.
Past BNL History Still Present: Brookhaven Women in Science

Friday, March 9, 2012

Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS), which was conceived in the late 1970s, is now a well-recognized institution within the Lab community that aims to increase awareness of the accomplishments of women in science and aid women’s advancement in scientific and technical careers.
Historic Site Hurrah at Brookhaven Lab

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Celebrations were under way as the American Physical Society recognized BNL as a historic site for advancements in physics.
American Physical Society Honors Brookhaven National Laboratory

Friday, September 23, 2011

The American Physical Society (APS) — a 48,000-member organization representing physicists in the United States and around the world and publisher of numerous scientific journals — has named BNL an APS Historic Site.
DOE Office of Science spotlights BNL

Monday, June 27, 2011

This third installment of the series on the Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Labs focuses on Brookhaven: Its people and their passion for discovery.
Brochure Highlights 50 Breakthroughs Made by DOE Labs

Monday, June 20, 2011

They brought the web to the United States, helped map the universe (and the moon), built better buildings, and conceived new cancer therapies. The Department of Energy’s nationwide network of laboratories has been instrumental in revolutionizing how humans conceive of the universe, in form and function, for more than 80 years.
From Glorious History Grows Glorious Science

Friday, May 27, 2011

As we make plans to celebrate Memorial Day, it’s appropriate to remember the sacrifices made by men and women serving our country in the military. It is also a time to remember those who have served before them, and to recall the rich history of the site of Brookhaven National Laboratory — originally Camp Upton during World Wars I and II.
Pumping up the Polarization of Protons for RHIC

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

With upgrades at the AGS using custom-built and refurbished equipment pulled from storage, BNL broke its own world record for the highest polarization, energy, and intensity beams at RHIC.
Logbook: Strong Focusing

Monday, September 13, 2010

The current edition of symmetry magazine gives a brief history lesson in strong focusing — a concept first developed at Brookhaven and now used in accelerators around the world.
SBU Professor, Historian, Puts “Doomsday” Scenarios in Perspective

Monday, March 1, 2010

Philosophy professor Robert Crease joins physicist, journalist at AAAS annual meeting to investigate the nature of disaster scenarios surrounding particle colliders.
Rock of Ages

Monday, November 9, 2009

The discovery of a large concrete “boulder” with writing and a drawing inscribed on it has excited curiosity at the NSLS-II construction site.

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